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BY ANTHONY GIUDICE
AGIUDICE@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
@A_GIUDICEREPORT
A teen from Brooklyn is in cuff s
for allegedly carrying out a
Ridgewood burglary pattern in
which he duped residents into letting
him into multi-family apartments and
removed thousands of dollars’ worth
of electronics and clothing.
According to the criminal complaints
provided by the Queens
District Attorney’s offi ce, Rasheem
Monroe, 18, is being charged in four
burglary attempts — two in the same
building on the same night — over a
span of 10 days.
The fi rst incident occurred between
the hours of 8 and 8:30 p.m. on Aug. 13
inside of an apartment on Himrod
Street. Police said that Monroe was
seen walking into the building by
the victim and he told her that he was
“going to meet my friends on the third
fl oor.”
The victim then followed Monroe,
the complaint notes, and witnessed
him turn onto the second fl oor. When
she returned to her apartment later
that night, cops added, she found it to
be in disarray, and two pairs of Yeezy
sneakers, two video game controllers,
three video games, a PlayStation 4, an
Xbox One, a pair of Beats headphones,
a Michael Kors watch, and a black
wallet containing $1,500 to be missing
from the location.
According to the criminal complaint,
the following two incidents took place between
5:30 and 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 16 in an
apartment building on Menahan Street,
where he told someone at the door that he
was going inside to meet his friend.
In his fi rst attempt, Monroe was
thwarted when he tried to enter an
apartment that was occupied by the
owner, police said. When he saw the
owner of the apartment, Monroe said
that he was looking for his friend
and accidentally entered the wrong
apartment.
After the failed burglary, law
enforcement agents said, Monroe
continued through the building until
he found an empty apartment, where
he lift ed three Apple laptops, three
Apple iPads, a Playstation 4, and a
wallet containing various credit and
debit cards. Everything is estimated
to be worth more than $3,000.
Finally, on Aug. 22, between 6:35
and 6:45 p.m., Monroe was seen
trying to gain access to a fenced area
surrounding an apartment building
on Grove Street, the complaint noted.
When he couldn’t gain access by
pushing against the door, police added,
Monroe left the location.
Offi cers from the 104th Precinct
responded to each incident and have
statements from Monroe admitting
that it was him depicted in surveillance
photos in three of the incidents.
For his involvement in the burglaries,
Monroe was variously charged
with burglary, criminal possession
of stolen property, grand larceny and
criminal trespassing.
Monroe was arraigned on Aug. 23
before Queens Criminal Court Judge
Toni Cimino, who set bail at $20,000
bond/$10,000 cash. He is due back to
court on Sept. 6.
Photo via Shutterstock
Police arrested a teen from Brooklyn for breaking into several
Ridgewood apartments.
